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I recently had to dive very deeply into doing device administration AAA with Cisco Wireless LAN controllers and the SourceFire/Cisco FirePower Manager software. Given the interest that others have shown, I decided to write this Blog entry to share my experience.

Samsung is attempting to take its years-old patent fight with Apple to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, it filed an appeal to the court asking it to take a look at the rules regarding design patents -- rules that haven't been touched in 120 years.

It will come as no surprise to hear that fraud is an increasing problem across all financial institutions, but it is not only plaguing larger banks but also smaller financial institutions. Statistics show that charges of debit card fraud have grown over 400% in only three years.

A special $2,000 H-1B fee imposed on large Indian offshore firms but allowed to lapse may return in the spending bill being negotiated by Congress.

Amit Pandey, CEO of cloud application delivery specialist Avi Networks, says 2016 will be the year of the "new IT." The confluence of cloud environments and applications, along with technologies like software-defined networking, are going to rewrite the rules for IT in 2016, he says.

It's two weeks to Christmas and almost a month to the Consumer Electronics Show, so you would think smartphone vendors would put a moratorium on news.

As it sets its sights on becoming the No. 1 IT company in the industry, Cisco will continue to face challenges and opportunities in virtually every IT market. Here’s an arbitrary list of 10 areas that will impact Cisco in 2016 as the company evolves to address emerging trends that are shaping the industry in the coming year and beyond.

Even the youngest of you reading this post will at least be familiar with the rotary dial telephone and I’m going to guess that in a pinch you could operate one. In 1950, however, such was not necessarily the case for everyone. So AT&T produced this how-to video. Enjoy:

If you have a PS4 and want to run homebrew content, then you might be happy to know developer CTurt claimed, “PS4 is now officially jailbroken.”

Very soon, the Android OS, Chrome browser and other Google products will stop trusting all digital certificates that are linked to a 20-year-old Verisign root certificate.

Cloud and mobile computing have created an imperative for the tech world: Change or fail. This year, legacy vendors like Dell, EMC and Microsoft all took major steps to reinvent themselves, sparking some of the biggest tech stories of the year. And all around us we've seen portents of big change at the intersection of tech and culture: self-driving cars, wearable technology, the use of drones for fun and profit. That's prompting increased attention on safety, privacy and public policy concerns... Читать дальше...

Just months after announcing plans to merge its cloud business with EMC’s Virtustream, VMware said today that it is backing out of the deal.

Higher education websites can be suddenly and unexpectedly thrown into the national spotlight. Think of a college football team winning a championship or a natural disaster striking a campus. In either situation, a related traffic spike can flood a website.

The vast majority of tested Android apps share users' personal information like email addresses with third parties "behind-the-scenes," a report has uncovered. Many apps aren't required by the OS to notify users of the data being shared, the study finds.

IT managers responsible for finding new talent can expect a busy first half of the year, according to the latest forecast for tech hiring. 

I am afraid of the Internet of Things. Is my television listening to me? Maybe someone has hacked into Alexa or Cortana or Siri, or is using my Nest thermostat as an attack vector into my wireless LAN or enterprise WAN. Can someone track me via my smartwatch or fitness band? What about all the automotive stuff? I don't believe there's any one technology that will provide the security we need. We need to harden all connected devices to make sure they are resistant to attack. And we need to ensure that network traffic is filtered... Читать дальше...

Encryption is under attack. Regardless of whether you think you have anything to hide, you should be concerned.

Windows 10. Surface Book. HoloLens. Office. Microsoft arguably delivered the biggest updates, changes, and surprises of any major tech company this year, most of them positive.

You're a motivated, passionate and highly creative IT professional. But guess what? So is everyone else.

Remember, an IT strategy is for the whole year, not just for Christmas. These 12 presents will keep on giving.

Things millennials are looking for at work

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Millennials face a number of misconceptions in the workplace. Are they really all buried in their smartphones and expecting to go from entry level to manager in a month? Recent research shows that's not the case. However, millennials do want more from their employers than free snacks in the break room or a laid-back environment.

"Millennials will make up more than 50 percent of the workforce by 2020, so it's crucial for... Читать дальше...

IDC predicts that by 2020, more than 1.5 billion people, or roughly 1/4 of the world's population, will be affected by data breaches.

Attrition is a major problem in a tight tech talent market, but many organizations have only themselves to blame when employees leave for better opportunities.

Twitter has warned some of its users that they may have been targeted in an attack by state-sponsored hackers.

New products of the week

Our roundup of intriguing new products. Read how to submit an entry to Network World's products of the week slideshow.